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We’ve taken a look at Europe’s busiest private jet airports for 2018 based on the amount of traffic each airport handles.

Within the top 10 airports in Europe, 3 of these are based in London; Luton, Farnborough & Biggin Hill.

The 2018 statistics, provided by WingX-advance show that London has seen a marked increase in private jet traffic. The real success stories here are Biggin Hill airport in south east London and Farnborough to the west which have seen a 11.9% and 14.6% increase in traffic respectively.

Of the top 10, surprisingly only 3 of the busiest private jet airports in Europe are exclusive to private jets only, these are; Paris Le Bourget, London Farnborough and London Biggin Hill Airport.

The rest of the top 10 is made up of capital cities and classic jet set locations that you might expect to be popular, check out the full list below and the number of private jet “movements” they had during 2018.

RANK

CODE

AIRPORT

MOVEMENTS

ANNUAL GROWTH

1 (1)

LFBP

Paris Le Bourget

54,054

4.8%

2 (2)

LFMN

Nice Cote D’Azur

35,662

0.4%

3 (3)

LSGG

Geneva

34,002

-1.1%

4 (4)

EGGW

London Luton

28,082

-4.2%

5 (6)

EGLF

London Farnborough

28,056

14.6%

6 (5)

LSZH

Zurich

24,968

0.0%

7 (7)

LIML

Milan Linate

19,604

1.2%

8 (8)

UUWW

Moscow Vnukovo

18,860

-1.4%

9 (10)

EGKB

London Biggin Hill

17,178

11.9%

10 (9)

LIRA

Rome Ciampino

16,194

-3.2%

11 (11)

LOWW

Vienna Schwechat

15,062

-1.7%

12 (12)

EDDM

Munich Munchen

14,776

-0.3%

13 (14)

EDDS

Stuttgart

13,808

-3.3%

14 (13)

LFMD

Cannes Mandelieu

13,718

-1.2%

15 (17)

EDDB

Berlin Schoenefeld

13,182

7.7%

16 (15)

LEPA

Palma de Mallorca

13,034

2.0%

17 (16)

LEMD

Madrid Barajas

12,538

1.6%

18 (19)

LKPR

Prague Vaclav Havel

12,224

1.7%

19 (18)

LEIB

Ibiza

12,178

2.6%

20 (-)

LEBL

Barcelona

11,274

5.6%

Each “movement” means either 1 take off or 1 landing, considering the numbers Paris Le Bourget was the clear winner for yet another year. However, when you add up movements per city, London dwarfs Paris by almost 20,000 movements.

Do you need a private jet charter to one of these airports or anywhere else worldwide? Get in touch with our private jet hire experts today on info@dbbaviation.com or +442039600123 or send us a request.

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